International migration : prospects and policies / edited by J. Edward Taylor and Douglas S. Massey.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Taylor, J. Edward.

Massey, Douglas S.

Series:

International studies in demography

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Emigration and immigration--Economic aspects.

Emigration and immigration.

Emigration and immigration--Government policy.

Physical Description:

x, 394 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.

Summary:

International Migration: Prospects and Policies in a Global Market offers a comprehensive, up-to-date survey of global patterns of international migration and the policies employed to manage the flows. It shows that international migration is not rooted in poverty or rapid population growth, but in the expansion and consolidation of global markets. As nations are structurally transformed by their incorporation into global markets, people are displaced from traditional livelihoods and become international migrants. In seeking to work abroad, they do not necessarily move to the closest or richest destination, but to places already connected to their countries of origin socially, economically, and politically. When they move, migrants rely heavily on social networks created by earlier waves of immigrants, and in recent years professional migration brokers have become increasingly common.

Developing countries generally benefit from international migration because migrant savings and remittances provide foreign earnings to finance balance of payments deficits and make productive investments. Some developing nations have gone so far as to establish programs or ministries dedicated to the export of workers. Developed nations, in contrast, focus more on the social and economic costs of immigrants and seek to reduce their numbers, regulate their characteristics, and limit their access to social services. Over time, receiving nations have gravitated toward a similar set of restrictive policies, yielding undocumented migration as a worldwide phenomenon.

Globalization also creates infrastructures of transportation, communication, and social networks to put developed societies within reach. In the latter, ageing populations and segmenting markets create a persistent demand for immigrant workers. All these trends are likely to intensify in the coming years to make immigration policy a key political issue in the twenty-first century.

Contents:

Part I Prospects

2 Population Growth and International Migration / Hania Zlotnik 15

3 The Effects of Political and Economic Transition on International Migration in Central and Eastern Europe / Marek Okolski 35

4 Trends in International Migration in and from Africa / Aderanti Adepoju 59

5 International Migration in the Asia-Pacific Region: Emerging Trends and Issues / Graeme Hugo 77

6 Immigration and the Labor Market in Metropolitan Buenos Aires / Alicia Maguid 104

7 Mexican Migration to the United States: The Effect of NAFTA / Philip L. Martin 120

8 Immigrants in the U.S. Economy / Min Zhou 131

Part II Policies in Sending Nations

9 Remittances, Savings, and Development in Migrant-Sending Areas / J. Edward Taylor 157

10 Labor Export Strategies in Asia / Graeme Hugo, Charles Stahl 174

11 The Role of Recruiters in Labor Migration / Manolo I. Abella 201

12 Return Migration in the Philippines: Issues and Policies / Graziano Battistella 212

13 International Migration, Identity, and Development in Oceania: A Synthesis of Ideas / Richard Bedford 230

Part III Policies in Receiving Nations

14 Have the Occupational Skills of New Immigrants to the United States Declined Over Time? Evidence from the Immigrant Cohorts of 1977, 1982, and 1994 / Guillermina Jasso 261

15 Admissions Policies in Europe / Catherine Withol de Wenden 286

16 A New Paradigm for the European Asylum Regime / Daniele Joly, Astri Suhrke 295

17 Immigrants and the Welfare State in Europe / Martin Baldwin-Edwards 318

18 The Legacy of Welfare Reform for U.S. Immigrants / Michael Fix, Wendy Zimmermann 335

19 Controlling International Migration through Enforcement: The Case of the United States / Frank D. Bean, David A. Spener 352

Part IV Prospects and Policies Reconsidered

20 Back to the Future: Immigration Research, Immigration Policy, and Globalization in the Twenty-first Century / Douglas S. Massey, J. Edward Taylor 373.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0199269009

OCLC:

53911612